The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-07 00:00:00

THE LATE lIETNIAN PLATOFF. hive not yet received any partieniarS re sating to the prectse,time, or:0 the particular dts "casel wlach depriVed the Wadi' of so bright an example of "military virtue as - the late lietnian But we know, from miciueitionable authority, that .he was in a declining state so early in the . last year as September. About that time We were intormed frOm Tcheilash, that his 'xcellency was then far from well. The fatigues °F the campaign of_ 1812 . began to Manifest theit 'effects after the ttimulut of Martial ardour and that of travelling had subsided ; the state of ex , lialistion- was, in proportion, extreme and be laid himself upon his bed of thickly-gathered laurels, to rest, and to find refreshment ; but the attempt was vain,—Nature had been over-tasked, '-and he sleeps in death. We most all remember this hero elf the Don, plirsuing th e envo il es o f his econtry like " the blast of ihe desert." We mint ail remember him 1 . 11 his visit to England, mild of spect and gentle 1 ° manners, more. like the Patriarch of his i t Tople than the Champion of nations, winged with energy of youth in its primest vigour. Only f ew months ,haee intervened between the death r this venerable Chief of the Cossacks,—veitera- . .4 in years and in honours,—and the death t I :RXANDEtt Prince St:HEfinATToFF, his Second in °Miriam], a man in the meridian of his days, and of his comprehensive services to Hussii, who had Illso t o date the germs of his fatal illness from the victorious fields of 1812— These t WI) illus. . 11 : 1 ` ) trs warriors had the satisfaction of sharing, "le by side, the-dangers and the glories of that They have both died victims to its l everity, an d b ot h Will have a tomb in every brave ' e arl, 'a memorial that most exist when marble Monuments are no more. - But the - reputation of a consummate General It ai not the only excellence in the character of - the Iletnian of the Cossacks. During the invest -I"ent of the invaders' territory by the allied tronvs, 'and 'their iconseqUent inroads upon the /'tench country, lie heard that, near one of the spots destined for pillage, might be'found the re ider.ce ofTnAnnaus KoScloszxo,- late General of Poles, .Who lived there in the occupation and 3teltision of a peasant. PLATOFF. dispatched a Party of his Cossacks to protect the person, and t `ue 'p , roperty of that great man, once the adver .,larY of . three , invading. Sovereigns, but now, ev e n 41nre illustrious in his obscutity and helplessness, ;halt w h en a t the h e ad of hi s Sanitarian troops. i`CosettiszKo and.PLATor F met ;—it was :Le ern :Face of two brave hearts, as .honest as brave.— hearts are well understood in• Englautl.,- 4r hen PLA•roFF related the incident to the Warta.' : 1 9 . r. of this paragraph, it was with more than one . teat-, in iliS eve •tand . precions are the tears which are draw n .hy theAtuiration of virtue. Ile knew . :°ll' to value .Kosciusmo ; for he knew that he 'ad not only defended his contitry againet a press f f "rtign k:q/ITPatiCI, but had refit , ed wealth file (411 hitefEn'tpetor PAUL, and. twice rojected thro n e o f Poland fr(int NAPOLEON BUONA-. I'ARTE. Rather than teceive a pension front the e nemy (> l .his country, or be the. crowned satellite of any Emperor upon earth, he retired to a nii 4,Fable Franee,'and fed himself on bread 4 bd'water, by the labour of his hands. It this be 1 4) t - hottest patriotism, wh ere i s i t to b e f oun d ? t le, too, is-in.his grave. N ay , l et.us , as Chris ia"s, hope. that he has rejoined the henres who i ' ll ere his personal friends, it his Political enemies, another and a better world. SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE FRONI CALCUTTA, DATED SEPT. 23, 1817. ); The Union; TwEEDit, and Princess Charlotte, dropped down the River ; the former "Ir roe Isle of France, the latter to complete her lading for Penang. The under-mentioned vessels left Calcutta :- 1 44 Y Ann, WEBSTER, for Malta, and Hubert, .WVArt,a, fur Liverpool. The Hon. 'Company's ships Lord Castlereagh, ~":"Ilas G renv ill e , IVilli am Pi tt an d C arnat i c, and 'urtte Briton and Canges, were at Diamond liar ' "r; the extra ships Northumberland and Union, I Ctigerree.; incess Charlotte of IVales, avtpli s of Wellington, Streatham, Minerva, and Us e, and shipsflollat and Cornw a ll, a t th e N ew A ill iorave ; and General Kyd, below Sanger. t 4 Advertisement from tire A NTt-MosoPoLY %::,MITTEE, in another part of our Paper, de theqes the M aces wher e Porte. is procurablef at to w Ileduced Price. Th e himet-it thus • ri, 14 l ever, must he necessarily hinited.to the par tp„lll,4 spots ,nam e d ; f or consumers cannot go a I h -s t l aerahle distance f o r thei r b ever a ge. To or ("he benefit, the number of Free Houses must 11,e"(!'ended ; but this is every day lessening under 'lle existing licensing system. • 'f he only 'w a y, e kt ri i in whi c h t h erit thiher of 'Free ' , louses can b e I t)p e "ed, is to reliev e th e p u bli c front the beer's s.Ystem. T o th i s des i deratum the main endea ..„l, tb B rrf the Committee are directed. May suc-• e toVvn their patriotic endeavours ! % VVet terday morning the Duke o f ()I'm and ess of GLOUCESTER visited the QUEEN and /4;casSES.—soon after one o'clock her MA- FlieAU AUGUSTA STA•arid ELIZAB ETH , l e f t h t " l ace in a livening carriage, f or Wi n d sor, I ; h : r tel i . l Presse b i ynca travelling party of light horse. • jtid. l4, l BUJIGHERSH and Count Muts:sTEß, had erle of ale PRINCE REGENT y ester d ay, at ran -h ouse . sterl a y a Court of Directors was held at the ttvaltttl"dia House, when Captain F REEM AN was q i4ti i int o t h e command of the Lord Keith, eon cd to flengal direct. • . Patirrrrof General CUPPAGR was on Thurs- N i Mighr r o b o bed of .15 silver fot-pr ong forks, el litver ' - spoons, two butter biddies, and a tI'OETIt SONNET TO DIS 'SERENE 'HIGHNESS PRINCE LEOPOLD OF SAXE-COBOORG. Ah ! hononr'd LEOPOLD, no longer weep, Reason, Philosophy, forbid the tear— ! And lo ! Religion shews•the hallow'd sphere • 'Where Saints above their joyous vigils keep, While here their mortal reliques only sleep. There Wilt them her rejoin,•'on Earth so dear, Whose ~a lehless virtues all below revere, And harvests of eternal blessiUgi reap. Nor deem him bold, who fain Would south despair: Alas! lov'd Prince, his fate resembles thine; He lost a Consort, virtuous, voting; and fair; He, too, was doomed her Infant to resign; Yet, as they now are free from human care, lie bows submissive to the WILL DIVINE: • ‘VEYMOUT . I-1, IVIAicH s'. PORTLAND ADDRESSES OF CONDOLENCE. In our Paper pf,Fritiay, Feb. 23, we inserted a Copy of .those voted by the inhabitants tp ; his 11.0ya17 - lighttess tl'►e Pu'n . ccE 11.tagwi, and his Serene Highness Prince ta . EOPOLD. Thefolloty ing are the gracious Answers t.:at have been re turned to 3. PENN, . ES(I. Governor of that Island : • Whitehall, Feb. 14, ISIS. Stn,—l have had the honobr to lay before his Royal High ness the Prince Regent the very dutiful and loyal Address of the Minister, Churchwardens, Constable, Overseers, and Inhabitants of the Island of Portland, expressing their affec tionate Condolence on the ever-to-be-lauttnted Death of• her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, and I ant to acquaint you, that his Royal Highness.received the same in. the most gracious manner. 1 am, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, .SIDNIOLITH To J. Penn, Esq. Spring Gardens. Came, February IG, 1818 Stn,—l hare this day had the honour of presenting to the Prince Leopold the Address of the Minister, Churchwardens, Constable, Overseers, and Inhabitants of the Island' of Port laud, on the recent deplored events at Claremont. The Prince Leopold receives this Address with feelings of sincere satisfaction mid confidence in their assurances of at tachment and anxiety in his welfare; and the Inhabitants of Portland hare afforded him a consolation beyond any other he can know, in their expression Of attachment to Her me mory, whose life had so long formed oar first and highest hopes. . I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient and most humble Servant, ROBERT GARDINER. Lord and Lady Ilehestei's seat as Melbarv house, in the county of Dnrset, is a scene of festive .htlspitality : among the fashinoahlvs par titipaiing in its eijo,yment, are, the Uon. Mr. and Lady Hal bard, Mr. and . Mrs. Niorant, and. Capt. C. Shirley. Last evening the wind blew a most tremendtins gole at S. E. At. the westward of Portland, the Nibble. Beach is strewed' with wrecks, wine, lemons, Castile soap, &c. tour bodies- are this morning washed •ashore, but we arc not able to ascertain any particulars, whether a foteign of English vessel, as yet. The vessels in Portland Roads rat: the gale out in safety. .--~t3~ inters, ; and .ye all istersl SUUk• )orted red ill 1T07C5 9011 Cr Last trosa, have The nklin, cl part • wk a to ill,: rorn. u ga! an(i , tilt: 3 sere L Li us 8 !I (Y.. I ev• I shij.i! it}g, i 1,24 r wind, irk a, ! wa9 Igh tfzo shore !essef , 0 W U 18c~a.~~ tidotiS from Bg• were road, GE af. val of iotiorm 'itact of the ir Ic tioa 1110 1 0 inat-k ic~l i 3 nounE raised ose is 111\ii-' of' ',Hers , 111 - F :bac acobia le: ing ›f re• clove 111)0;1 lit be ?lose- .zbtea ,ce :g nces. the f spe* !It by. ln Of NGI' ry of oh of with litin^' liarr * Lis t too )KE e sa Lion, •,:ges elcce '/ i~'j r , t. ~, , ~~ . ~ t 'y ft UNIVERI 1Y IN.III,LLiGENCE. OXFORD, Alaacut G.—Wednesday last the fol lowing were admitted to D.-ereefi MASTERS OF ARTS. Robert' Ingram, Fellow of Oriel College, Grand Com pounder. , Rev. Francis Pott, of St. John's College. Reverend Anthony Charles Piglet - , of Merton College. . Reverend Charles Bleneowe ' of-Lincoln College. Revertad John Kinidot?, of Exeter College. BACHKLOR OF ARTS. Mr. Philip Boaley Edwards, of Brlsenose College. The Rev. Ti Ashley. B.D. the Senior Fellow of Brasenose College, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Lord Braybrooke, has been presented, by the Principal' and Fellows of that Society, to the Living- of West Slictiord, in. the county of Berks, vacant by the death of the Rev. IV. iVil- SOni M. A. PRi.FERR.ED.—The Rev. Phillip Scott Fisher, A.M. to the Vicarage' of Burhage, Wills, vacant by the resignation of the Rev John The Rev. Win. Doncaster, B.D. to the Rectory of Winter buurnc Basset, vacant by the death of Dr. Chester.—The Rev. I'. Davis, Rec tor of Sr. Martin, Sarum, to bold the Vicarage of Idmiston, Wilts. APT A N. swsti.—A person repealing the line from GRAY'S Elegy, Can 1 - 1 - onones . voice provoke the silent dust?" - - a youth answered f rom the same poem, Yes : for "Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires." On Thursday the wo:kmen belonging to the GAS LIGHT COMPANY began laving down a new main over Westminster Bridge, for the sole s'er vice of AsTLEy's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, .which me , underst_and is to he brilliantly illuminated, Messrs. ASTLEY and DAvis having gone to a fiery heavy expellee for enlarging and decorating the whole of the intetior, which no doubt will meet a general patronage fron► ihe Public on the open. ing of the season on Easter Monday. Several Performers of the first class are said to he en gaged, and anumber of new and excellent horses belonging to the beautiful stud of Mr. DAvis are expected to make their appearance. Mr. HEAVISIDE, lately elected M. C. of the Upper Rooms, Bath, has resigned his appoint ment at Leamington—a law of the former rooms prohihiting his retaining a similar office else wl►ere. Pore says, Health, Peace; and Competence, are the three great blessings. There is yet another --A fine. and well-arranged head of Flair, which is the grand leatore of liowLANo's MACASSAR OIL. its pre-eminent excellence fur improving the growth and beautifying the Haman Hair is eo universally admired, that it is daily honoured with the sanction of Royal and Noble Personages throughout Europe. • " ARTISTS' . GENERAL 131,VOLENT INS"! ITEITION. , . The Fourth Anniversary Dinner for the sup:- port of this excellent lns , itutio . n, took place on 'Thursday last . , at the Alhion House, Aldersgate street. , "che latul,,hle put pose of this Institution is the relief of DECAYED A RTISTS, -their widows and children. It is hardly necessary,,to observe that the distress of an Artist, when he no longer capable of exercis . hrg his profession, and feels the pressure of the times,"as ‘v.6.11 as of domestic con nexions, must be mote severe 1 haii that of the ordinary classes of Society. An Artist ntust p ssess H superior and : a cultivated mind. ,Hence his feelings must he refined fr and want Joust fall on ‘‘;ith increased poignancy. ft js, therefore, worthy of the British character to contribute liberally to the eup*al of those who themselves cwitribute to the improvement of the natiotral We were, therefore., highly gratified in seeing a numerous Meeting on so meritorious an occasion. The Dukes of' KENT arid Sussex are joint Patrons, and are always sit enuous • in sup port of every benevolent object. The latter look !li e Chair at this Meeting, and di s play e d hi s u s ua l affability a nd good humour. , The'Royal Chairman addressed the Company in the most affecting and persuasive manner, expatiating On the 'condition al art Artist with a family, and touching with great feeling upon the whole of the subject. We have' not room to do justice to this eloquent and interesting Address . . On the retirement of the Dulte", ‘vho was obliged to attend the House of Lords,theChair was taken by Mr. JOSEPH HUMS, who discharged the office Very ably. Sev era l o f the musical profession - and amateurs amused the ,COn'tpany, but the 'chief gratification arose from feelings of benevoleute, on observing the success of the subscription. , Mr. loser"' Hume brough 20 friends, each of whom subscribed five guineas The other prlu`cipal Subscriberi taste. G. Watson Taylor Sir Simon Clarke Earl of Dartmouth Str Benjamin fiohhouse Sir J. F. Lcicester , Earl Pomfret John Fuller, Esq. Sir Frederick Baker Thonias Coutts and Co &c. &c. &e. 4*l 0 0 21 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 10 10 0 21 0 0 10 10 0 The amount of the -Collection was about 4001. and the amount of Subscriptions-for' the last six itt;inths euoi. in all 6001. since and exclusive of the last-Dinner. The Dinner, in point of 'plenty, elegarrce, and attention, was excellent, and the wines were en titled to the same praise. But it is merely justice. to the Albion House to say, that this is its " cus tom ever of tin afternoon." The whole was a scene of that high gratification, which can only be enjoyed by refined and benevolent dispositions, SHOCKING ACCIDENT FROM •ripe LATE HURRICANE • CORONER'S INQUEST. -An inquisition was taken yesterday at the Three CoMp4sses, , South Portman-mews, b e f ore M r . STIRLING, Coroner, on the body of Mary Mattingly,, servant to Lady Hayes, who met her death by the falliu4 in of the kitchen-roof during the hurricane last Wednesday. The body presented a most dreadful spectacle, and a profusion of blond had flown from the hack part of the head. The case was so apparent that one witness .only was examined ;, and the facts were correctly stated in our Leper of yester day. Verdict—Accidental Death. MAD. DE . STAECS LIFE OF HER FATHER.-The translation of the Memoirs of the celebrated M. NECKER, written by his more celebrated dattgli ter, has just appeared. Jt is unnecessary to say the Work is singularly attractive. It is justly observed by Mad. De Stael, that the knowledge of the human mind is eminently facilitated by examining the sentiments and actions•of tlyise who have taken a part in ex traordinary events, and whom the gifts of nature, orthe vicis situdes of fortune,, have marked out for combat with fate and with malthind : but this vague • curiosity acquires new iin pottance, and is even associated with the higher interests of morality, when the object to which it refers is a man endowed with every quality that can stimulate to the gratification of an immeasurable ambition ; yet whose ambition Was invariably held sulundinate to the dictates' of the most scrupulous conscience—a man' whose genius was bounded but. by the circle of his duties and affections, and whose faculties over stept every barrier but that of virtues—a man, who after a transcient glimpse of the most splendid prosperity, was plung ed into misfortunes which obscured the lustre of his glory,and who, when presented to posterity, will be appreciated only by those beings whose souls possess some s f arks of a conge nial nature. sce 4, 1618.—Thefollowing Benefit Ticket's were drawn this day, No. 8 770, as First-drawn - 10.709, as Second-drawn - 1,000 1-1,079, - Prize of - - - 500 .4.129, - Prize' of - 2,00 5,788, • - Prize of - -•• 200 • The attune were all Shared and Sold at 'the Old Offices of SWIFT and Co. No. 11, Poultry ; 12, Chni : ing Cross ; and 31, - Aldgate High-street ; Where' undrawn Tickets and Shares. continne on Sale for the Three Prizes , of 30,000/, and nu merous other Capitals, yet in' the TUESDAY, 17th instant, i, the day appointed for the next drawing. - - A . Ph ilosophical opportunity, whilst in Holland, to. analyze the Port )Vine lately recovered trout a vessel wrecked off the Coast 30 years back, found it bighly'oxy genated, supposed to arise front it long immer sion in the sea : its colour is rliat of a brilliant Ruby, and the Taste superior to any Burgundy. There are but Fifteen Pipes of; it saved, and Five of them have becu presented to the Dutch East India Company the remainder has been bought by an English Trader, perhaps on speculation, to supply the Purchasers of the two Blanks . entitled . to'Eight Pipes of Port in the present Lottery, (to he chosen by themselves,) which draws again on ST. PATRICK'S DAY, Tite>4l4y, 17th when ALL the Three Prizes of .30,0001. may be decided. Mr. ADHANE, on of Colonel ADEANE, of Ba braham, has declared his intention °loitering him self at the ensuing General Election, to represent the Botoogh of Cambridge. Charles Finney, the 'Arson suspected of having entrapped the two boys, Kelly and Spicer, into the crime of uttering forged notes, for which they are condemned to die, is in custody. Per C nt - - 1M4.00 tycr •. 7 , z • •_'.--,11 : 1'zvt . . 4 ,;.5: , tr y R, 1 . R HOUSE Oh' Lp . , 0 3:lltnrta)R - 1 The House ,proceeded in , Appeals.' ... o,n,t he second acting, of Lee's Divorce T~i,ll, ,Messrs. Warren and Ilan ison 31 t ended. as Comisel for the petitioner. Some witnesses *ere .examin7 ed, after_whirit the Bill inns read a second time, and cominitted for Monday. , , The Earl. of ftossLYN, presented a petitiou front, a 'rptvitship in .Yorkz.!tira, o f the, .ttneital .pressuremf th,e, Poo, lttte, Ana' praying . that Lead Alines might he rated.—Or tiered -to lie upon , .the table 'Three Local I.lllls .were brought up from the House-of Commons by Mr, Dtqt,..i t 'purt, Athr.iral Frank, Mr. Mill, and other itlembers, and read a first t ime. , . . . • • The Office Indemnify Riil xv as read a third tittle and 'Massed.—Adjourned Monda-v. HOUSE OP COMMONS. •. . • A Petition was presented from Tavistock, against the Lea ther,Tax. Mr. D. GILBERT presented a Report front the Committee appointed to inquire into the Inconte and Expenditure of the - United •Ringdom, which was ordered to In. printed. Lord PALMERSTON .presented a. Petition from - the•Uni , verslty.of Cambridge, against the Tithe Regulation had filled the University of Cambridge with- conli.• drrable alarm„. being considered by that body a great- infrac tion-of the p resent existing law cut the subject of tthes, Lerd,FOL4ESTONE moved a. ne:.v writ for the City of Winclester, in the room of Richard Meyler, Esqodeeensed: The Petition front. the- University of Oxford, against the Copyright Bill, was ordered.to be printed.. Oct the motion .of Sir4:GEIUTON BRYDGES, the Returns from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in :to far as related to the disposal of the Books, &c. received by them under, the Act fur Securing of Literary Property, was ordered to be printed.. • The Scots Aquavitx ticence Bill was-read a second time. The House went into a Committee on the Assessed Tax Act, im which certain Resolutions were agreed to.—Report to be, received to-thoiTow. The Husbandry Horse Bill was read a second time, anti or dered to be committed on Monday-next. • INDEMNITY BILL: -A.kgssage from the Lords acquainted the House that their 'Loidshipsiba I passed the liideluoily Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, as an 'Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Lambton) had given notice that it was his intention to discuss the Indemnity Willa the first stage, he should on Monthry next more that the ' he read a first time, and in the mean time he should move that it be print ed, that the House might know the 'BIB in all its parts. Agreed•to. Mr. LUSHINGTON then moved, that the Bill be read a first :time on Monday next ; which, after some übservotions from Lot , d Folkestone, the Attorney-General, and Mr.•Lamb ton, 5i is agi veal to. • Mr BENNET presented - a Petition front the DAtors in Whifeiiross-street Prison, which Was referred to the Com- , mince on Prisons. Lord PALMERSTONf asked an Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Cowen), as the Mistinyßill pressed very-Much, whether it would be any inconvenience to him to postpone the second ' reading of the Tithe Bill to a future day ? CURWEN professed himself ready to accommodate the Noble Lord. He hoped the period between this and the time to he fixed for the second reading would destroy many groundless prejudices againSt the Bill. It would seem from the petition of a University which had been late;y,preiented again,t, the Bill, that that body had totally overlooked the Irclafati - on inade - by hint , - Ome time ago, that it was not his intention to urge that part of the Bill respecting Modnses He was sorry this declarittion had not readied that learned body. He conluded with' moving, that the Bill he read a st'i:und time this day se'uttight. PRIVATELY STEALING IN SHOPS' BILL. , Sir S. ROMILLY moved the second reading of the Privately 'Stealing. in Shops' Bill. Sir F.. F 1.061) sa.d, he did not• rise to oppose the Bill. which, on the contrary, met with his hearty. approbation ; he only wished to extend - 'the BM to another country. It was highly desirable that t he. laws of•buth countries should be as similated as touch as possible. 'ln Ireland, not one person in a thousand, as 'llk 14w now stood, prosecuted for this crime, were convicted. , . 'Sir S. RIMIIiLY agreed in thinking that it,might be de sirable to extend this Bill to Ireland. , The reason why he did not do so Was,. that he was afraid it would give morn.. force to the opposition the. Bill was likely,to endouliter in an other place, if be presumed to include Ireland. If some Gun ! :man from that country shOuld think proper to bring Lit such a Bill, he hardly thought it would inert with the same opposition. fir F. FL/OD then gave notice,. that he should wore for leave to bring in a similar Bill tor Ireland. The Bill was then read a second time. Sir S. ROMILLY mowed, that it be committed this day sc'noight. Mr. PEEL obserVed, that, with a very slight alteration, the Bill might be made applicable to Ireland. After some observations from Sir S: KOMILLY, the Bill was ordered to be committed on Monday sennight. . Sir C. POOLE presented 0 petition from Nymouth, pray ing for a repeal of the Duties on Culm and Coal carried coast wise. A petition was presented from the Salt Proprietors and other Inhabitants of Cheshire, against any alteration in the Salt Duties. Sir T. ACLAND presented aPetition from riymouth Dock, against the Duties on Color and Coal carried coastwise. ' Sir JAS.GRAHANI hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would consider this subject seriously. This Duty operated in a most oppressive thornier. After a few words from Mr. LYTTELTCYN, the Petition . was laid WI the table, and ordered to be printed. BUILDING CHURCHES. The CHANCELLOR of-the EXCHEQUER moved, that on 'Monday se'noight the House resolve itself into - a Com mittee on that part of the Speech front - the-Throne which re lated to the places of religious worship. Mr. TIERNEY begged to rewind the Chancellor of the Ex chequer of -a subject he had formerlr'spolieu of, viz. the ex pediency of consolidating the two grants for Monuments for Trafalgar and Waterloo into one, for the purpose of build ing a Church, as the fittest monument. The CHANCELLOtt of the EXCHEQUER: said, no part of those grants had yet been expended, so that the question was open to coosidetatin. The motion was agreed to. Mr. IVAIIRE have notice of a motion for leave to bring. in a Bill to' repeal so much of the Election Laws a 3 relates to the Assessment to the Land Tax. • . STANDING ARMY; The Report of the Mutiny Bill being brought up, Lord ALTHORPE rose to move an amendment to the Preamble of the Bill. When the question of the amount of force to be maintained was before agitated, the House was so thin, that he Cionght it his duly again to bring it, before them. When , the country Was in a state of financial difficulty —when the income in the last year had been only 51 millions, and the expenditure 65, it was ob vious that exert ions must - be made to raise the • one, or to reduce the other, or that the •country must go on plunging farther in debt ; Whether that debt was contracted in the shape of Excite-. quer Bills,or Loatts.—ln discussing the proposed reductions, they were also at the salve time disc.uss ing Whether or no they would raise more taxes . ; if reduction ,was not made, new takes must mately'be raised. He proposed reduction in the Military Establishment, as the branch of expen diture most susceptible of reduction. He,should ngt enter into the, det4ils of th r e points at which the military tome was, now employed ; but 'he should compare the present Estimates with those of former years,. when the country was in a state of peace. The comparison had been made with 1792 ; but as that bad been objected to, he should